Royal castles of England; comprising an account of those ancient fortresses which from the days of William the Conqueror either were the homes of English sovereigns or have been intimately associated with the history and romance of their lives (1913)
Shelley, Henry Charles. [from old catalog] · Boston, L. C. Page & company · leaf 316
rtments had beenmade habitable once more, but soon after the acces-sion of the first of the Georges an order was givento strip the lead from the roof of the buildings, theinevitable result of which was that the castle soonbegan to fall into ruin. Hence the decay of thisnoble building is due to… … THE DOORWAY OF THE KEEP, LLDI.OW CASTLE. A Nursery of Kings 235 grimage to its walls. Away to the setting sun spa-cious green meadows diapered with tangled hedge-rows and umbrageous trees stretch to the purplehills, disclosing a feast of beauty which proves oncemore that ancient castle builders had…
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